Unseasonal heavy rains and hailstorm hit several parts of the state on Saturday, damaging and causing severe loss to standing crops.
Unseasonal hailstorm lashes Dholka town in Ahmedabad district on Saturday afternoon.

Rainfall to increase in South Tamil nadu and kerala in next 24 hrs
– skymet weather

The intensity and spread of rain
is expected to increase over south
Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the
next 24 to 48 hours. South India
had already been receiving scanty
rainfall since the last few days.
But now, a trough of low pressure
area is expected to bring more
intense rain in the region.
The trough of low is currently
sitting near Lakshadweep islands
and adjoining areas of the west
coast. This will induce rains over
Kerala and parts of south-coastal
Karnataka. In addition to this, a
feeble low pressure area is also
seen over south Tamil Nadu and
adjoining areas of Sri Lanka. This
weak low pressure area will
trigger rain intensity in parts of
southern Tamil Nadu.
Places like
Pamban, Tiruchchirappalli,
Tuticorin, and Ramanathapuram
will be affected in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile in Kerala, the low
pressure area will influence
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam ,
and Alappuzha . Day temperatures
in these regions are expected to
drop as rain intensifies.
Minimums will also take a dip due
to elevated rain activity.
The trough over Lakshadweep and
Kerala, will continue to affect the
region and adjoining areas, for
the next 24 to 48 hours. Whereas
the weak low pressure area along
the coast of Tamil Nadu will
become insignificant after a
period of 24 hours or so.

Is it Rajasthan or Kashmir see for yourself, Rainfall / Hailstorm in Rajasthan ending 8.30 am on 15.03.2015
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The feeble induced low pressure area now lies as an induced low pressure area over west Rajasthan and neighbourhood with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 kms a.s.l.

Kalakkad gets 123 mm, Tamil Nadu rainfall ending 8.30 am on 15.03.2015
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The trough of low at mean sea level over Comorin area and adjoining Sri Lanka now lies over Lakshadweep area and neighbourhood. For 2nd day Kalakkad got batterd. Today it has got over 120 mm. Yesterday it got about 50 mm.

This is the first time in W.C history all Asian Test playing nations, qualified for the Q.F. Hope and pray, for any one from the sub – continent get the coveted trophy this time again. My heart bats for India.

Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu president says climate change contributed to death and destruction
Cyclone Pam has devastated Port Vila. More than 90% of the buildings and houses in Port Vila have been destroyed or damaged. The state of emergency that has been issued is only for Port Vila.

A strong and shallow undersea quake jolted Sulawesi Island in the central part of Indonesia on Monday morning, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. So far, there is no report of damage or casualty, an official of the agency said. The quake struck at 6.17 a.m. on Monday with epicenter at 58 km northeast of Central Sulawesi province and with the depth at 10 km under sea bed, Xinhua reported. The quake was felt at 3 Modified Mercally Intensity (MMI) in Luwuk, capital of Bangai district in the province. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/powerful-quake-strikes-central-indonesia/article6998325.ece?homepage=true

even the above S.F line up is in confusion, S.F fixture depends on the condition Australia / N.Z qualify for the S. F,

The condition for S.F are as below:
S.F1 -If New Zealand qualifies for the semi-finals they will
play in this match unless they play Australia, in which case the team finishing higher in the pools has home ground advantage

S.F -2 If Australia qualifies for the semi-finals they will play in this match unless they play New Zealand, in which case the team finishing higher in the pools has home ground advantage

Heavy unseasonal rains across many states in India have inflicted a telling blow on farmers with their standing crops destroyed and their spirit broken. There can be nothing worse than unseasonal heavy rains for farmers at a time when they are looking forward to harvesting. most of the standing crop of wheat, cotton, jowar would be lost to the unseasonal showers.
t.o.i